DETROIT, MI - Count among the scattered effects of the federal government shutdown the fact that some home sales could come to a halt.

Karen Kage, CEO of Farmington Hills-based Realcomp, the regional Multiple Listing Service, said that so far the resurging Metro Detroit real estate market has not been affected.

"It's just something we’re going to continue to watch," said Kage, noting that some news reports have indicated that mortgage loans could be stalled by a continued closure of some federal agencies.

Paperwork from the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration is often required to verify a borrower’s identity. Such paperwork, for the most part, is currently unavailable. Loans through the Federal Housing Administration could also be affected, though Kage said that so far those appear to be going through.

According to the Washington Post, there are some 15,000 new home mortgages generated each day throughout the country, along with about 18,000 home refinancings completed.

From the Post:

"Every day that government offices remain shuttered will delay an ever-larger fraction of mortgage closings, industry leaders say, jeopardizing mortgage and interest-rate approvals and spooking sellers."

The federal government shutdown, which began Oct. 1 at the begining of its fiscal year, is the result of the Democrat-controlled U.S Senate and the Republican-run House of Representatives being unable to take necessary action to fund the federal government in fiscal 2014.

The disagreement stems from some Republicans insisting that changes be made to the Affordable Care Act before any resolution is made.

The residential real estate market in Metro Detroit has seen a strong rebound in 2013. The latest figures from Realcomp found that the median selling price for all homes sold in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Livingston counties jumped 55 percent year-over-year to $135,000 in August.

Another report from S&P/Case-Shiller assigned “a value index” to residential properties, essentially grabbing the median listing price for the month of August, and found that Metro Detroit home values rose 20.3 percent year-over-year that month.

David Muller is the business reporter for MLive Media Group in Detroit. Email him at dmuller@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter or Facebook.